Display-stand.



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DISPLAY STAND.

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UNTTED sTATEs PATENT OEETOE.

LEANDER D. J UNKINS AND GEORGE H. W OODS, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

DISPLAY-STAND.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 7, l190e.

Application filed August 14, 1905. Serial No. 274.030.

To @ZZ whom, it may con/cern:

Be it known that we, LEANDER D. JUNKINS and GEORGE H. WOODs, citizens of the United States, residing at Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Display- Stands, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

The present invention relates to a displaystand for bottles, packages, or similar articles, the purpose of the invention being to 0btain an ornamental stand or rack for bottles or packages and at the same time provide the said stand with means for fastening or retaining the packages thereon to prevent' pilfering, the device being particularly applicable for displaying goods on the counters of drug-stores, grocery-stores, &c.

To these ends the device embodying the invention consists in a supporting-stand of any suitable or desirable shape, provided with one or more supporting-shelves for the articles, each shelf having an individual retaining device for each article.

A further feature of the invention consists in providing all the retaining devices which belong to one shelf with an actuating and locking device common to all, so that after j the articles have been placed in position they can be locked by the manipulation of a single handle.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a device embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line x2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section showing a modication. Fig. 4 is a section on the line x4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a detail showing in transverse section the fastening device illustrated in Figs. l and 2.

In construction shown in Fig. 1 the device is substantially circular in shape and is shown as formed with three shelves a, b, and c, so as to hold three rows of articles one above another. The said shelves are shown as formed of sheet metal, supported upon standards d, which may consist of strips of metal so shaped as to afford supports for the shelves and the backs behind the shelves, both of which are formed, as stated, from one piece of sheet metal extending round the entire stand. Each article upon any given shelf is provided With an individual retaining device e, the

said retaining devices in the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2 consisting of metal straps, one end of each strap being secured at e2, as by an ordinary screw, to a flange f, which is formed upon a circular angle-ironf2, secured, as by lugs f 3 and screws f 4, to the supporting-legs CZ. The opposite end of each strap c is secured to a sliding member g,which is herein shown as supported upon the angleiron f 2.

As best shown in Fig. 2, a sliding movement of the member g with relation to the angle-ironf2 will draw the metal strapsvtightly round the articles upon the shelf, thereby clamping them against the wall at the back of the shelf and holding them firmly in position.

In order that a number of the individual retaining devices c may be operated at once,

, the sliding member g, which is herein shown as a metal ring resting upon the angle-ironf2, is arranged to be turned by means of a handle h, which is shown as connected by means of the link h2 with a cross member g2, which projects across from one side to the other of the said ring g. The handle 7L is arranged to slide in a slotted cross-piece f5, which projects across from one side to the other of the angleiron f2, it being obvious, therefore, that by moving the handle 7L longitudinally, a rotary movement will be imparted to the slide g to tighten or loosen the retaining devices e. After the said devices e have been tightened the member g can be locked in any suitable y or usual way, the handle 7L being herein shown as provided with a cam portion h3, which cooperates with the pivotal support h4 for the link h2, which projects through a'slotf6 in the member f5 and is provided with a nut h5 to bear against the under side of the memberf.

To lock all the articles on the shelf, therefore, it is necessary only to push the handle 7L inward as far as it will go yand then turn or twist the same to clamp it in position.

It is obvious that substantially the same mechanism can be employed in connection with-shelves of any suitable shape, it being necessary only that the parts of the slide g to which the ends of the retaining-bands c are fastened should be arranged to be moved longitudinally with relation to the stationary part of the shelf.

While the construction hereinbefore described is simple and practicable, the form of retaining device may be varied, a modified TOO construction being shown in Figs. 3 and 4. In the construction shown in these figures the retaining devices e10 consist of caps or covers arranged to be clamped upon the top of the article, the shelves being referably provided in this case with upward y-projecting flanges am to surround the bottoms of the articles standing thereon.

The upper clamping members @1 are shown as provided with openings e211 to receive the neck of a bottle in case a bottle is to be displayed instead of a jar or other pack age. The several retaining devices for each shelf are provided with an actuator common to all, as in the construction previously described. In Figs. 3 and 4 the shelves are shown as straight instead of circular and are supported upon legs d10 of proper shape, there being a cross member f 50 corresponding to each shelf extending from the front to the back of the middle leg. The several clamp ing devices or covers e1 are shown as connected with the rod @12, having downward projections 613 at each end, which are guided and supported in lugs d, formed on the outer legs. It is obvious that by moving the rod @12 up, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 3, the articles may be released, the reverse movement serving to clamp or retain them upon the shelves.

In order to produce such up-and-down movement of the rod 612 by means of a single actuating and locking device, a rock-shaft g1 is employed, the said rock-shaft being provided at its ends with radial slotted arms gm, which coperate with pins or projections 614 on the arms @13. further provided with another radial arm g13, which is connected through a link 914 with a slide member 915, supported on the cross member f 5, which is provided with a slot]p60 to form a guide for the said slide member g15. The said member 915 is provided with a threaded end 916, which projects through the slot and receives a clamping-nut or thumbscrew g17, by means of which the said member may be fastened after it has been moved to the desired position.

We claim- 1. A display-stand having a shelf for the articles to be displayed; a retaining-strap for each article; and a member movable with relation to said shelf and connected with said straps to tighten or loosen the saine around the article on the shelf.

The said rock-shaft isA 2. A dis lay-stand having a shelf for the articles to e displayed; a retaining-strap for each article; a member movable with relation to said shelf and 'connected with said straps to tighten or loosen the same around the article on the shelf; and an actuating and lock,- ing device for said movable member. f

3. A display-stand having a plurality of supporting-shelves one above another; individual retaining devices for the articles supported on the shelves; an actuating device common to all the retaining devices on a single shelf; and a separate locking device for each actuating device.

4. A display-stand havinga shelf for the articles to be displayed; a retainingestrap for each article, one end of each strap being secured to a iixed part of the display-stand; and a member movable with relation to said fixed part and having the other end of each strap secured thereto.

5. A display-stand provided with a stationary shelf portion; a retaining-strap secured at one end to said shelf portion; a member movable with relation to said shelf portion and having the other end of said strap secured thereto; and means for locking said member.

6. In a display-stand, the combination with a shelf or support, of a sliding member; a retaining-strap secured at one end to said support and at the other end to said sliding member; a movable actuating device mounted on said support; a link connecting said actuating device with said sliding member; and means for locking said actuating device to said support.

7. In a display-stand, the combination with a support for the articles to be displayed; of individual retaining devices for the several articles; an operating device common to a plurality of said retaining devices; an actuator mounted on the support; a link connecting said operating device with said actuator; and means for locking said actuator to the support.

In testimony whereof we have signed our TOO names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses:

HENRY J. LIvERMoRE, JAs. J. MALONEY. 

